Making Inferences

1. Spiders belong to a group of animals called arachnids. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. All spiders have eight legs, but they have different numbers of eyes---two, four, six or eight. And even though no spiders have wings, all of them have fangs.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Spiders are dangerous.

• Spiders use their legs to catch food

• Spiders are not insects.

• All spiders have four eyes.

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1. Wolves live in family groups called packs. They have thick fur to help them live in any type of climate. Wolves usually give birth to four to seven live pups in a litter. Female wolves nurse their young until they’re old enough to eat solid food. The whole pack helps in raising the pups.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Wolves are hunters.

• Wolves are mammals

• Wolves only live in cold climates

• Wolves are mean to one another.

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1. In the Middle Ages, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the “criminal” was believed to be innocent. If you won, the “criminal” was believed to be guilty.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Crime laws were unfair in the Middle Ages.

• Fighting is a good way to decide guilt or innocence.

• Most people lied about crime.

• Criminals always won the fight.

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1. In training to be a knight, a boy was expected to study hard and learn good manners. He was taught to play musical instruments, sing and recite poetry. He also studied reading, writing, geometry and strategy games. Another knight would then teach the boy to shoot a bow and arrow, fight with a sword and ride a horse.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• All boys wanted to become knights.

• Knights were loyal to the king.

• Knights were taught many important things.

• Knights just liked to play and have fun.

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1. Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Italy in 1452. Besides being a great artist, he is well-known for his many inventions. He kept notes on all of his ideas. Among his notes were designs for a parachute, a diving suit and a flying machine similar to today’s helicopter.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Da Vinci was not very talented.

• Da Vinci was just a great artist.

• Da Vinci painted the “Mona Lisa”

• Da Vinci was a well-known inventor.

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1. Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that animals are unable to adapt. Many animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Rainforest destruction is hurting animals that live there.

• Rainforest is being destroyed by animals.

• Destruction of rainforests is slowing down.

• Rainforests need to be destroyed.

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1. In 1620, the Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower for the long, perilous journey to America. Many passengers feared for their lives during the powerful thunderstorms. They only had enough food for a few short months. What would happen to them if they were blown off course? It was a time of great concern for everyone on board.

From this paragraph, you can infer that the word perilous means:

• joyful

• simple

• dangerous

• boring

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1. William Shakespeare was a very prolific writer. By the time of his death at 52 years of age, he had written an amazing number of plays and poems---37 plays, 154 sonnets and two long narrative poems. No other writer of his time produced as many high quality works as Shakespeare.

From this paragraph, you can infer that the word prolific means:

• old

• productive

• lazy

• not smart

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1. In England, during Shakespeare’s time, going to the theater was a popular activity. To let people know what kind of play was being performed, the theater raised a colored flag. A black flag meant tragedy, a white flag meant comedy and a red flag meant history. People passing by the theater on Saturday afternoons always heard lots of laughter.

From this paragraph, you can infer that the flag flown on Saturdays was:

• black

• red

• white

• green

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1. Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was the first African-American to play on a Major League Baseball team---the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Jackie Robinson is a great figure in history.

• Jackie Robinson played many different sports.

• Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Jackie Robinson was very old.

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